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About GMM (Global Mobilization Ministries)
The vision of Global Mobilization Ministries is to Empower Africans to Evangelize and Holistically Disciple Unreached People Groups. Beginning from Uganda, we seek to mobilize the Church to bless the nations.
The Anglican Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi, issued the following challenges in his Charge to the Church of Uganda at his enthronement. We believe that Global Mobilization Ministries will be a strategic partner in helping the Church of Uganda live into this vision.
Archbishop Henry said,
“We need to recapture our missionary calling championed by Apollo Kivebulaya, the great missionary to the Congo, a vision later shared by the late Bishop Festo Kivengere. He was one of many I greatly admired and I try to emulate.
“We also can teach the Global Church passionate proclamation of the Gospel and Practical Faith. This Church pledges to stand firm on the Apostolic Faith where many Churches today lack confidence in the power of Jesus, which we take for granted here. Please humbly learn from us. At this time in the Anglican Communion, we are willing to take the leadership role to demonstrate that JESUS IS ALIVE.”
Staff
Cindy. Cindy is the US-based Administrator for GMM. She is a former banker who also worked more than ten years as the Administrator at her church in Southern California. She has served on their missions committee, and is also a member of the Board of Directors for SOMA/USA. She has been on many short-term mission trips, including Uganda, and is passionate about God’s mission in the world.
Alison Barfoot. Alison is the Founder of GMM and its Director of Mission. In November 2003 she was called by Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, to serve as his Assistant for International Relations, a ministry she began in July 2004. Prior to that, she served as Associate Rector and then Co-Rector of Christ Church, Overland Park, Kansas, from 1997 – 2004.
Raised in Alexandria, Virginia, she received her Bachelor of Music Degree summa cum laude from Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, in 1981, and her Master of Divinity degree in 1986 from Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. In 1999 she was awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC. Between college and seminary, she was the Director of Instrumental Music at St. Stephen's School for Boys in Alexandria, VA. Prior to coming to Christ Church, she spent five years in parish ministry in Western Pennsylvania, four years as a part-time adjunct faculty member of Trinity School for Ministry, and six years planting a new church in Northern Virginia.
In addition to general parish ministry responsibilities at Christ Church, she was also responsible for local and international missions ministries. She pioneered Christ Church’s partnership with the Sudanese refugee community in Kansas City, established the Kansas City Sudan Support Network to raise awareness of the plight of southern Sudanese and to support them locally. She also helped Christ Church establish a partnership relationship with the Nebbi Diocese in Uganda and the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras. In these partnerships, Christ Church sent five to six teams a year and received teams of Ugandans and Hondurans in Overland Park each year. Christ Church also worked in partnership with a cluster of churches in Western Haiti. In February 2003 she was made a canon of Nebbi Diocese in Uganda.
Alison serves as an Advisor to the Board of Directors of SOMA (Sharing of Ministries Abroad), a short-term sending agency that is called to equip the Church for ministry through renewal in the Holy Spirit for the purpose of transforming individuals, churches, and communities. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Trinity School for Ministry, and has helped carry the vision of Trinity as a Great Commission Seminary.
Board of Directors
GMM has a five-member Board of Directors, with Directors living in Kansas City, San Antonio, Northern Virginia, and Southern California.
Marthe Curry is President of GMM's Board of Directors. She lives in Texas and works in her church's Mission Department. After Marthe was widowed, she began doctoral work in Intercultural Educational Development and was awarded a PhD in 2008. In 2005 she spent six months in Uganda, conducting research for her dissertation. She has served on many Boards for non-profit organizations, loves the Lord, and has a passion for mission.
Garry Schnelzer is the Treasurer for GMM and also serves as its Development Officer. After retiring as an Air Force flag officer, Garry served in full-time ministry in his church until his second retirement. He and his wife live in San Antonio where they have been active in world mission and have visited Uganda many times. They have two children and four grandchildren. Garry has served on Boards for many organizations, and has received awards for leadership in a variety of fields.
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1048 Irvine Ave, #556
Newport Beach, CA 92660-4602
ph: (949) 795-4804
fax: (520) 842-5138
alt: +256 782 321 027
alisonba